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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Our adoption timeline



Adoption Timeline: 16 months from beginning to end

November 25, 2004 - March 23, 2006


2004
November 25 - Decision to adopt- Thanksgiving Day

November 30- Orientation at Heartsent International Adoptions

December 10- LiveScan fingerprinting (California clearance)
- 1st Fingerprinting (State)

December 12- 1st home study with our social worker

2005
January 12
- 2nd home study

January 21 - 3rd home study

February 1 - Home study completed/sent to BCIS
(Citizenship and Immigration Services)

February 18 - Signed China agreement with Heartsent International

February 25 - Sacramento County Fingerprints
- 2nd Fingerprinting (County)

February 26 - FBI Fingerprinted (BCIS)
- 3rd Fingerprinting (Federal)

March 15 - Submitted final paperwork for DTC (Documents To China)

April 14 - Documents were translated into Mandarin,
and Fed-Ex'd to China

May 6 - LID (The date that China officially "Logs In Documents")

May 28 - The "Brown Envelope" arrived from the U.S. Consulate
of Guangzhou, China.
This envelope has all the documents that we will
need to take with us to China, including
our daughter's visa application.

October 27 - The "Red Folder" arrived from our adoption agency.
This folder contains all the information about receiving the call,
and is packed with info for our itinerary while we're in China.

2006
January 26 - Our referral, - The debut of Cadence Fae

March 16 - Travel to China

March 20 - Gotcha Day !!!

March 27 - US Consulate appointment

March 29 - Journey's end...We return home, and so begins the new jurney.

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